Agri-Business
Setting up the farmyard for the coming months
Heavy rainfall has led to housing to prevent damage on some farms, but hopefully this isn’t the end of the...
Beef
Beef
Should I offer meal to my spring-born calves?
As we move through 2020, most spring-calving suckler herds will be looking to sell this year’s calf crop at sales...
Beef
Takeaway demands provide huge boost for NI lamb and cheese sales
The nation’s love for kebabs and pizza helped takeaway sales of lamb and cheese soar by 80% during lockdown, according...
Beef
Dealing with flies in suckler herds
Suckler farmers should now be on the lookout for flies. At the best of times, flies can irritate suckler cows...
Beef
What is the correct way to stack round bales of silage?
In recent years, more and more baled silage has been made and this year is no different. Tractors and balers...
Beef
Observation and record keeping during breeding
Close observation during the first month of breeding is essential. Farmers need to keep an eye on cows that have...
Beef
Calving interval data for beef dams in Wales for 2019 released
Reducing cows’ intervals between calving is one of the key improvements that beef farmers should aim for in order to...
Beef
What causes bloat and how can it be avoided?
With the grazing season in full swing in all parts of the country, cattle can be dotted across the countryside...
Beef
Milking hundreds of cows and finishing 2,000 Brazilian-origin bulls in Egypt
Earlier this year, AgriLand embarked on a Bord Bia and Department of Agriculture-led trade missed to North Africa – visiting...
Beef
NI marts suspend operations amidst virus pandemic
Niall Claffey and Claire Mc Cormack A large number of marts across Northern Ireland have announced the suspension of operations...
Dairy
How might Covid-19 impact on dairy and red meat sectors?
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) dairy analyst Patty Clayton and her red meat colleague Duncan Wyatt have gone...
Beef
China lifts 30-month age restriction on US beef imports
China and the US have signed an agreement whereby the Asian country will remove the 30-month age limit for beef...
Beef
Dale Farm and ABP Horizon Dairy Beef Partnership: Everything you need to know
Two of Northern Ireland’s major agri-food businesses, Dale Farm and ABP, have announced the Horizon Dairy Beef Partnership. ‘Horizon’ is...
Beef
Dale Farm and ABP announce new dairy-beef partnership – ‘Horizon’
Northern Irish dairy processor Dale Farm and beef processor ABP have joined forces to launch an initiative aimed at “building...
Beef
Revisited: A feed bill of $10,000/month to deal with a 20-month drought in the US
The final farm stop when AgriLand visited Texas earlier this year was to Steven Anderson – a Beefmaster cattle breeder – located...
Beef
Revisited: How a US mart selling up to 110,000 head annually operates
Following on from the visit to the Wrangler Feedyard in the US, the next stop – for an Irish delegation...
Beef
Revisited: Inside the gates of a 50,000 head feedlot in Texas
Up next is the first of the international beef farms that AgriLand visited in May 2019 – as part of...
Beef
Should I vaccinate my suckler cows against calf scour?
Spring calving on suckler farms is only a few weeks away and now is the time for farmers to start...
